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A look at Dara Khosrowshahi's tenure as Uber prepares to go public; source: CEO decided Travis Kalanick isn't welcome on the NYSE balcony for next week's IPO — The C.E.O. wants to prove that the start-up has evolved past a raucous, and profligate, tech-bro culture. But Uber's past is simply not that far gone.
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| Chris Zacharias: |
A group of YouTube engineers warned IE6 users ten years ago, without permission, that the browser would not be supported, contributing to its demise — The bittersweet consequence of YouTube's incredible growth is that so many stories will be lost underneath all of the layers of new paint.
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Mashable and MSPoweruser
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| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
An oral history of Amazon Prime, the internet's most successful membership program with 100M+ members worldwide and one of the main reasons behind Amazon's rise — An oral history of the subscription service that changed online shopping forever. — It's easy to forget now, but Amazon wasn't always the king of online shopping.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Some Git source code repositories, including at least 392 from GitHub, have been wiped and replaced with a ransom demand in a possible coordinated attack — Hacker wipes Git repos and asks for Bitcoin. Gives victims 10 days and threatens to release the code.
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| Mike Dudas / The Block: |
Report: Facebook seeks ~$1B from financial firms and e-commerce sites to back its stablecoin as it readies its payments network and rewards system for users — - Facebook is planning to launch a full payments network (rather than just remittances) and in discussions with payment networks Visa …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers link 6 software supply chain attacks, including backdoors in CCleaner and Asus' software update tool, to a group of likely Chinese-speaking hackers — A software supply chain attack represents one of the most insidious forms of hacking. By breaking into a developer's network …
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| Priya Anand / The Information: |
Sources: Google is rapidly adding retailers to Google Express, tests showing product recommendations and prices with an option to buy under YouTube videos — Google has struggled for years to build an online shopping business that can seriously compete with Amazon.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SoftBank is considering an IPO for its $100B Vision Fund and is negotiating with the sultanate of Oman for an investment of several billion in the fund — Vision Fund staff hustles to keep up with frantic pace of deal making by CEO Masayoshi Son — SoftBank Group Corp …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook is shutting down Bonfire, its Houseparty clone for group video chat, which the company had been testing outside US since the fall of 2017 — Guess that one didn't work out — Facebook is shutting down a clone of the group video chat app Houseparty, The Verge has learned.| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Jack Dorsey has emerged as a lifestyle guru in Silicon Valley, raising demand for near-infrared saunas, meditation retreats, cryotherapy spas, and fasting tools — The Twitter chief executive is tech's foremost manfluencer, guiding his followers toward optimum cognitive performance. Or, at least, hunger.
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Coinbase says CTO Balaji Srinivasan is leaving; source: Srinivasan was not given enough freedom and had differing visions for the future product roadmap — Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is parting ways with its CTO Balaji Srinivasan, who joined the firm as part of one of its largest acquisitions, The Block has learned.
Tweets: @theblock__, @teddyschleifer, and @mdudas
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Vulnerability in Dell's pre-installed SupportAssist utility exposes Dell computers to remote hijacks if attacker can get on the same network with unpatched PC — Another security flaw in a vendor's bloatware apps puts users at risk. — A vulnerability in the Dell SupportAssist utility exposes Dell laptops …
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The Verge, BleepingComputer, Laptop Mag, Notebookcheck.net, Security Boulevard, Mashable, and Threatpost. Tweets: @campuscodi
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft announces Azure SQL Database Edge, which will run on compute-constrained devices, and new AI, mixed reality, and IoT capabilities powered by Azure — A couple days ahead of Build 2019, Microsoft is showcasing some new AI, MR, IoT and blockchain capabilities powered by Azure …
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